| | 1 | Author: | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A Discourse on Political Economy  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THE word Economy, or Œconomy, is derived from oikos, a house, and vomos, law, and meant originally only the wise
and legitimate government of the house for the common good of the whole
family. The meaning of the term was then extended to the government of
that great family, the State. To distinguish these two senses of the
word, the latter is called general or political
economy, and the former domestic or particular economy. The first only
is discussed in the present discourse. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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